Senior backend Engineer (Applied AI)

Our Applied Science group builds the intelligence behind the marketplace. We turn large volumes of unstructured data into structured understanding, and use it to connect the right people with the right work. We are a small team with an unusually large surface. We own the full path from raw data to production AI systems, and we are actively expanding what that platform can do. In this role, you will design, build and operate AI systems that run continuously in production: large volumes of unstructured data in, models and pipelines in the middle, structured signal that teams across us build on back out. The scope runs from data pipelines and retrieval infrastructure through to model quality, evaluation and cost. This is a hands on senior role, and you will help define how these systems get built here rather than inherit someone else's answer.
What am I going to do?
* Build and evolve our production LLM pipelines, turning unstructured text into structured data that the product consumes.
* Design and operate large scale batch and near real time data processing, including correctness, freshness and cost.
* Build the retrieval and serving layers that make our data usable in real time.
* Decide what runs on which LLM model, and prove the choice with numbers rather than intuition.
* Keep cost and latency predictable as volume grows: throughput, failure handling and monitoring.
* Build agentic workflows that makes the whole team faster, and help set the standards others work to.
Equal opportunities:
We prioritize diversity. We celebrate difference and embed it into every aspect of our workplace and product, as well as our community. We are proud and committed to providing equal opportunity employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, we will provide accommodation to individuals with disabilities or a special need.